2) Generic medicines When the patent of a branded drug expires, other companies can make the same drug without a brand name ...

UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s drug-benefits unit is starting to reimburse pharmacies more for dispensing brand-name medicines to ...

Optum Rx will increase reimbursements to pharmacies for brand-name drugs and cut them for generics.  Optum Rx said the new pharmacy payment models are in response to price increases set by brand name ...

Basically, a brand-name drug company settles a patent infringement lawsuit by paying cash or transferring something else of ...

Most Americans (60%) would prefer brand-name drugs—but end up buying generic versions because of the cost, new consumer research suggests. As a result, the majority of patients (63%) opt for ...

Several epilepsy specialists 1,2 and societies, including the American Academy of Neurology, 3 have expressed concern that generic substitution of branded drugs carries a greater potential risk of ...

If left unchecked, the power of PBMs and their complex relationships within the American healthcare system could lead to higher drug costs and diminished returns.

It's marketed as a generic option to name-brand mood meds, but it's been recalled for the same reason a competitor was just ...

Generic drugmakers and hospital pharmacists warn that added financial pressure from tariffs could strain the nation's generic drug supplies.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HKMPF) is in talks with partners across the world to prepare to sell a generic version of Ozempic and Wegovy, as patents ...